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SF responds to Orlando horror with dignity, resolve, and numbers

Marke B. and Tim Redmond - June 12, 2016

The worst mass shooting in US history took place at a gay nightclub in Orlando, a place that catered to many Latino patrons. Many Republicans,...

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Can we stop the displacement of arts space and industry?

John Elberling - June 1, 2016

Sup Jane Kim is drafting legislation that seeks to strongly deter the destruction epidemic that is attacking arts and industrial spaces in the Mission,...

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Broken elevators plague seniors, disabled in SROs

Tony Robles - May 22, 2016

Imagine getting trapped in an elevator. You are stuck, with nowhere to go, hoping that help arrives—and fast. For many seniors and people with...

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A real answer to the mayor’s (latest) bogus housing plan

Calvin Welch - May 16, 2016

Market based “solutions” to our housing affordability crisis come and go like spring fashions; only the crisis persists. Eight years ago, it was removing maximum...

Arts + Culture

Mr. David gives us definitive SF style

Caitlin Donohue - May 9, 2016

Mr. David, also known as Glamamore, is widely honored as the drag matriarch of San Francisco. That title is a big deal in a performance...

Art

Pulsing onward

Maro Guevara - April 14, 2016

A renaissance at 25? For almost a quarter century, CounterPulse had been producing "risk-taking art that shatters assumptions and builds community," providing San Francisco...

News + Politics

The Panama Papers and SF’s housing crisis

Tim Redmond - April 4, 2016

The whole world is talking today about the Panama Papers, the amazing leak of documents from a law firm that specializes in helping the...

News + Politics

When city planners treat us like infants

Zelda Bronstein - March 29, 2016

Tomorrow evening (Wed/30) the Planning Department will hold a “Community Discussion” of the Railyard Alternatives and I-280 Feasibility Study (RAB) at the Potrero Hill...

News + Politics

Yes, gentrification will hit the Tenderloin

John Elberling - March 24, 2016

In an admirable burst of optimism, a current BeyondChron post concludes that, unlike the rapidly gentrifying Mission District, the Tenderloin is not “... transforming...

News + Politics

Developers win with “smart growth” rule

Zelda Bronstein - March 13, 2016

With a big assist from the state Legislature, the SF Planning Department opened a new front in the city’s density wars last week. On...

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